October 21, 2007
Learning 2007 #2: "Personal Ambient Knowledge"
This is from another a pre-conference session. Judy Brown told me I needed to break out of the LETSI session long enough to come to one particular part of her Mobile pre-conference workshop. I am very glad I was able to get to the session.
More real time stream-of-consciousness notes follow:
The part of the session I was able to attend was being led by Fabrizio Cardnali from Giunti Labs in Europe. He noted that the next generation of learning that will be moving forward is going to blend many different components.
I'm not sure we even understand Learning 2.0 yet and we are now headed toward Learning 3.0, which is a blending of the free and open participatory capabilities of today's systems with systems that can provide structure and guidance (I have spoken about this concept several times recently but this was a nice summary). Fabrizio used the term "personal ambient knowledge" to describe the integration of these technologies.
Prediction: within 3 years time the LMS as we know it today will not exist in 3 years (my view is that 3 years might be a bit soon but they will certainly look different).
Interesting note: Moodle is now the system of choice for the military in Europe.
Elliott Masie joined the session for a few moments and noted: This is an emerging area and if you are not confused, you are not learning because this is all new. "Knowledge to the hand" and the current predicted direction is performance support and not typical courseware. Mobile connects to content, context, and community. The devices will know more about who you are and be able to ascertain what needs to be delivered at the point of need. He also said it would be wise to call any mobile initiative a "pilot" for the next 18 months.
David Metcalf on future mobile learning:
New types of barcode systems emerging to allow point-and-shoot learning off of products and spaces. In other words, it will be very easy to point a cell phone camera at one of these barcodes and get immediate information about that product.
Posted by Rovy at October 21, 2007 12:56 PM
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